Turkey: Three Islamic terrorists attack Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, killed

Turkey: Three Islamic terrorists attack Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, killed
Three Islamic terrorists killed by Turkish police after attack on Israel's Istanbul consulate (Image via Reuters)

On 7th April, three Islamic terrorists opened fire at the Israeli Consulate in Turkey’s Istanbul. The Turkish police officials engaged and neutralised the jihadis. Two police officials also sustained minor injuries during the clash.

Taking to X, Mustafa Çiftci, Turkey’s Interior Minister, confirmed the elimination of the armed assailants and said that one of them was linked to an Islamic terrorist organisation, although he did not explicitly name the outfit.

He wrote, “Three individuals who engaged in an armed clash with our police officers on duty in front of the Yapı Kredi Plaza Blocks in Istanbul have been neutralised. In the clash, two of our heroic police officers sustained minor injuries.”

“The identities of the terrorists have been identified. It has been determined that the individuals who arrived in Istanbul by a rental vehicle from Izmit include one with ties to an organisation that exploits religion, and it has also been established that one of the two terrorists, who are brothers, has a drug record,” he added.

Turkish Justice Minister Akin Gurlek has announced an investigation into the attack.

Describing the assailants as “terrorists, Istanbul governor, Davut Gul, said that four men had arrived in a rented vehicle and three of them carried out the attack on the Israeli consulate.

Earlier, the local media reported that two people had been killed in the attack.

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